--- title: IBM’s Bob wants to move in: Agent available for on-prem... description: IBM's agentic software development platform, Bob, is now deployable on-premises, in private and sovereign clouds, and in air-gapped environments, giving... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/ibm-s-bob-wants-to-move-in-agent-available-for-on-prem-deployment-hwztrdenu twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: IBM’s Bob wants to move in: Agent available for on-prem deployment | daily.dev og:description: IBM's agentic software development platform, Bob, is now deployable on-premises, in private and sovereign clouds, and in air-gapped environments, giving... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/ibm-s-bob-wants-to-move-in-agent-available-for-on-prem-deployment-hwztrdenu og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/HwzTRDenU.png og:image:alt: IBM’s Bob wants to move in: Agent available for on-prem deployment og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # IBM’s Bob wants to move in: Agent available for on-prem deployment **[InfoWorld](https://daily.dev/sources/infoworld)** · 1 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary IBM's agentic software development platform, Bob, is now deployable on-premises, in private and sovereign clouds, and in air-gapped environments, giving organizations more control over data residency. The move targets companies in regulated industries where source code and sensitive data cannot leave controlled environments, echoing survey findings that 68% of executives find data sovereignty compliance challenging. Bob was introduced previously, with updates in a prior month adding multi-agent capabilities, parallel tool calling, cost analytics, and support for modernizing RPG and COBOL applications. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### Can IBM's Bob AI coding agent be deployed on-premises instead of in the cloud? Yes, Bob can now run on premises and in private clouds, sovereign clouds, and air-gapped environments, not just as a cloud-hosted service. This targets organizations in heavily regulated industries or those managing sensitive source code and regulated data who need control over where their code and AI operations are deployed. _Teams weighing on-prem versus cloud AI coding agents can track platform updates like this on daily.dev._ ### What new capabilities did IBM add to Bob besides on-prem deployment? IBM previously updated Bob with multi-agent capabilities, parallel tool calling, and built-in cost and usage analytics. In the same update cycle, IBM also announced support for developers modernizing applications built on legacy RPG and COBOL languages. _daily.dev helps developers modernizing legacy COBOL and RPG systems keep up with agentic tooling changes._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [IBM Bob hits 80,000 developers with 45% productivity gains](https://daily.dev/posts/ibm-bob-hits-80-000-developers-with-45-productivity-gains-licvrcxvh) · The New Stack · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [IBM Bob Takes AI Coding Assistants to the Next Level](https://daily.dev/posts/ibm-bob-takes-ai-coding-assistants-to-the-next-level-y0a8qrbxi) · DevOps.com · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [TCS\+ \| IBM Bob: an AI-powered development partner for the enterprise](https://daily.dev/posts/tcs-ibm-bob-an-ai-powered-development-partner-for-the-enterprise-ugis0dfru) · TechCentral · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [IBM Bob Gets Multi-Agent Muscle and a Cost Dashboard for Enterprise Coding](https://daily.dev/posts/ibm-bob-gets-multi-agent-muscle-and-a-cost-dashboard-for-enterprise-coding-jcpwmocjr) · DevOps.com · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#ai-agents](https://daily.dev/tags/ai-agents), [#ibm](https://daily.dev/tags/ibm) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/ibm-s-bob-wants-to-move-in-agent-available-for-on-prem-deployment-hwztrdenu) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"IBM’s Bob wants to move in: Agent available for on-prem deployment","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/ibm-s-bob-wants-to-move-in-agent-available-for-on-prem-deployment-hwztrdenu","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/ibm-s-bob-wants-to-move-in-agent-available-for-on-prem-deployment-hwztrdenu"},"datePublished":"2026-10-02T13:22:01.308Z","dateModified":"2026-10-06T14:03:51.626Z","description":"IBM's agentic software development platform, Bob, is now deployable on-premises, in private and sovereign clouds, and in air-gapped environments, giving...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/c03a47dce17e36ed931fe6ca18c60319?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/c03a47dce17e36ed931fe6ca18c60319?_a=AQAEuop","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"InfoWorld","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"InfoWorld","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/bf6d68a999064029b0bb09aa6268f1f3","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/infoworld"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/ibm-s-bob-wants-to-move-in-agent-available-for-on-prem-deployment-hwztrdenu","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"ai-agents,ibm","timeRequired":"PT1M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"InfoWorld","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/infoworld"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"IBM’s Bob wants to move in: Agent available for on-prem deployment"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"FAQPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/ibm-s-bob-wants-to-move-in-agent-available-for-on-prem-deployment-hwztrdenu#faq","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"Can IBM's Bob AI coding agent be deployed on-premises instead of in the cloud?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Yes, Bob can now run on premises and in private clouds, sovereign clouds, and air-gapped environments, not just as a cloud-hosted service. 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